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If you want a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute picture of what voters are actually thinking and feeling, you're in the right place.
We gauge the mood of the nation and track American elections and social and cultural issues from the perspective of where it matters most: with voters on the ground.
What is the current state of politics, the electorate, and the nation at large?
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The Obama Project is an online forum for commentary, analysis, poetry, photographs, and videos that explores the following questions: What Does The Election of Barack Obama Mean To You? And What Does it Mean for The Nation?
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What have you heard
and seen?
Pundits spend much of their time listening to each other.
and seen?
We’re more interested in listening to you.
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Our innovative presidential election maps and blog offer a snapshot of where things stand and where they are headed in the state-by-state hunt for electoral votes.
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Some statistics—like presidential and congressional approval ratings—are vital for tracking the nation’s political mood.
Others may have a significant impact on voter sentiment, from the price of gasoline to American military fatalities in Iraq. Updated continually, our statistical charts serve as the backdrop for our electoral analysis.
- President Obama--Approval Rating : Approve: 59.7% Disapprove: 34.5% (poll average)
- Consumer Confidence: 67%-Negative 5%-Positive (Gallup)
- US Congress Job Approval: Approv. 35.7%/Disapprov. 54.7% (poll average)
- Direction of Country: Right Track 45.0%/Wrong Track 47.7% (poll average)
- Unemployment Rate: +9.5% (June 2009)
- Payroll Employment: -467,000 (June 2009) -6,451,000 (since recession began 12/07)
- Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.1% (May 2009)
- Gasoline: National Average (Gallon): $2.64 -.050 (wk ago) -1.45 (yr ago)
- US Military Deaths in Iraq: 4321 (+195 from 7/30/08)
- US Housing Starts: +17.2% (May 2009) -45.2% from year ago
- Cable News Ratings (primetime): FNC (Fox) 2.56M/CNN 1.30M/MSNBC 1.03M
